JULY 24, 2025 - COMPLIANCE ORDER
On December 10, 2024, the EPA completed an onsite inspection of Respondent's public water system. During the inspection, the EPA inspection team requested that the Respondent produce its RRA and ERP, which it is required to maintain onsite pursuant to Section 1433(d) of the SDWA. The Respondent produced a document titled Vulnerability and Emergency Response Plan to comply with Section 1433(d) of the SDWA.
During the review of the ?Vulnerability and Emergency Response Plan,? the EPA inspection team determined that the document did not include information regarding the risks to the System from malevolent acts and natural hazards, the risks to the financial infrastructure of the System, nor the risks to the operation and maintenance of the System, as required by Section 1433(a)(1) of the SDWA.
During the review of the ?Vulnerability and Emergency Response Plan,? the EPA inspection team determined that the document did not include strategies and resources to improve the resilience of the System, plans and procedures to be implemented in the event of a malevolent act and natural hazard, nor actions which can obviate or significantly lessen the impact of a malevolent act or natural hazard, as required by Section 1433(b) of the SDWA.
Therefore, the EPA alleges that Respondent failed to comply with Sections 1433(a) and (b) of the SDWA, 42 U.S.C. ? 300i-2(a) and (b), by certifying an incomplete RRA and ERP to the EPA. Furthermore, the Res